00:00Our budget secretary clearly gave us a feeling that the country still has a sufficient budget for the next calamities.
00:08According to Calihim, the 30-billion PONDO as of October 24 this year has already been distributed.
00:15This is for the quick response teams of the government from various governments and agencies
00:20that are reaching out to the places that are in need of help.
00:24At the moment, other replenishments are requesting because they are running out of their PONDO
00:31because of the next typhoons and calamities that hit the country.
00:36There is also a contingency fund of 7 billion PESOS that can be used as an additional PONDO
00:43for the agencies that are in need.
00:45Meanwhile, there are also ready-to-use standby funds under the Unprogrammed Appropriations
00:51in case the contingency fund runs out.
00:53In addition, the government and agencies of the DBM can top if they need an additional PONDO.
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